Tobacco can



July 3, 1934. BADEN TOBACCO CAN Filed Oct. 23, 1953 BY awed David .Ba den,

ATTORNEY Patented July 3, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE The invention relates to a tobacco can and more especially to improvements in tobacco cans. An object of the invention is the provision of a can of this character, wherein tobacco as held 6 in paper cartons within the can can be conveniently fed to. the mouth or open end of the can so that access may be had to the tobacco for the easy removal thereof in contradistinction to the necessity for digging into the can for loosening the tobacco to enable its removal from the can.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a can of this character, wherein the feeder for the advancing of the tobacco in the can towards the open end is concealed within the body of such can and is operable at the closed bottom thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a can of this character which is simple in construction, reliable and efiicient in its purpose, 20 strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through a tobacco can constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the feeder adjusted for advancing the tobacco through the open end of the can, the feeder being shown in raised position by full lines and in lowered position by dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the can showing the feeder in top plan.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the present embodiment of the invention comprises a can formed with a body 5 of elliptical cross section having the bottom 6 secured to the lower end thereof and a cover '7 at the upper end. This cover is marginally flanged at 8 for fitting outside of the body and such cover may be hinged to the body if desired, or merely telescoped thereupon. The-tobacco 9 as contained within the can body 5 is, as is customary, held in the usual paper carton 10 and rests upon a follower plate 11 longitudinally slidable interiorly of the body.

Located between the bottom 6 and the follower plate 11 is a feeder which includes a stem or lever 12 having a right-angular end 13 which protrudes through a suitable clearance or slot 14 formed in said body and this end 13 carries a finger-piece 15 exteriorly of said body 5 so that the stem or lever can be actuated for swinging movement upon a cross fulcrum pin or pivot 16 resting upon the bottom 6 of the body 5 of the can.

The stem or lever 12, at its other end remote from the end 13, is bent on itself to providea cross lifter prong 17 for contact with the follower plate 11 so that on the swinging of the stem or lever in an upward direction the follower plate 11 will be advanced to protrude the packaged tobacco through the upper open end of the body 5 of the can for free access thereto when the cover '7 is opened.

Swingingly connected to the stem or lever 12 intermediate thereof, by a pivot 18, is a latching prop 19 having the latching end 20 rideable over and engageable selectively with any one of a series'of corrugations or flutes 21 struck from the bottom 6 and transversely disposed therein.

Thus the prop 19 will latch the stem or lever 12 in an angular raised position according to the pressure applied to the finger piece 15 by the thumb or finger of the hand of a user of the can so that the cartoned or packaged tobacco 9 as advanced in the can will not recede within the body 5.

Normally the stem or lever 12 with the prop 19 is collapsed upon the bottom 6 within the body 5 of the can.

The purpose and the manner of working of the improvement as hereinbefore described and constituting the present invention should be clearly obvious and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination of a can having a closed bottom and open top, a follower working within the can, a lever fulorumed at the bottom and operative against the follower to move the same in one direction, a finger piece formed on the lever at its fulcrumed end and exteriorly exposed for actuating said lever, and means carried by the lever and corrugations coacting therewith at the bottom of the can to hold the lever in adjusted position. I

2. The combination of a can having a closed bottom and open top, afollower working within the can, a lever iulcrumed at the bottom and operative against the follower to move the same in one direction, a finger piece formed on the lever at its fulcrumed end and exteriorly exposed for actuating said lever, corrugations formed at the bottom of the can and a prop pivotaliy connected with the lever and selectively engaged with the corrugations to maintain the lever in ad- J'usted position, the lever and the prop being normally collapsed upon the bottom of the can.

DAVID BADEN. 

